The real Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev was in fact caught and taken into custody on Friday night at about 8.40 p.m. ET after FBI and hundreds of police officers had virtually shut down most of Boston to conduct a frantic search for Tsarnaev.

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Actress Zooey Deschanel actress at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in West Hollywood, California February 24, 2013.

Earlier on Friday it was reported that Dzhokhar's elder brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan, had been killed after a dramatic police chase and shootout with authorities.

The brothers were believed to have shot and killed an MIT campus police officer, Sean Collier, and hijacked an SUV on Thursday night.

They were said to have been pursued by police, and reportedly shot and threw explosives at officers chasing them.

Tamerlan was reportedly injured in a resulting shootout with police and was run over by his own brother, Tsarnaev, as he made his getaway.

Tamerlan later died from his injuries, where as Tsarnaev went into hiding, not being found until late on Friday night when he was found hiding in a boat in Watertown.